ANKARA: Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect their president and a new parliament for a five-year term against a domestic backdrop marked by the devastation of the February earthquakes and the country’s economic crisis.
Polls have increasingly shown opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the main challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year reign, in the lead, with both presidential rivals hoping to get more than 50 percent of the vote in order to avoid a runoff vote.
